Chair.



No. 878,267. PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

J. B. BAKER.

OHAIRJ APPLICATION FILED APR. 27.1906.

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CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4;, 1908.

Application filed April 27, 1908- Serial No. 313,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. BAKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in chairs, the object being to provide a chair which shall be adapted to hold or support a coat or vest without wrinkling the same and to this end my invention consists mainly in separating the back of the chair from the seat so as to form a sufficient space between them to allow the front of the coat or vest When placed over the back to fall naturally into said space.

The invention also consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts all as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, to which reference is made, and which form a part of this specification, Figure 1. is a front elevation of my new and improved chair; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the metal plate.

In the drawings 2 designates the bottom or seat frame of the chair and 3 the back separated from the bottom or seat to form the coat hanging spaces 4, 4. The bottom or seat 2 is supported by the two front legs 5, 5 and by two short back legs 6, 6,which are supported by the horizontal rungs 7, 7. The seat frame 2 is the same as in ordinary chairs, except it is not supported at its back edge by the back of the chair or by the usual back legs of an ordinary chair, but is supported by an extra pair of legs 6 which latter rise from horizontal rungs which are located near the floor, and which are permanent parts of the chair independent from the seat frame of the chair. The back 3 of the chair is connected at the bottom with the said horizontal rungs 7, 7 and to the seat frame 2 by a brace or narrow connecting plate 8 which is located at the center of the chair and holds the back away from the scat frame to form the said coat hanging spaces 4, 4. The seat 9 of the chair is hinged to the back edge of the seat frame 2, so that it may be tipped back to the position shown in dotted lines as shown in ig. 2 Where it will stand at a backward slant owing to the space left between the seat frame and the back. The seat frame when the seat is lifted forms a support for the foot in blackening the shoes and beneath is held a box 10 for blacking, brushes, etc.

The chair is designed as a bed-room chair and when a coat or vest is placed upon the top of the back the shoulders of the garment are properly held and supported and the lapels or breasts of the garment and the skirts fall into the spaces 4, 4 and hang in their proper and natural shape.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A chair having a pair of front legs, a pair of horizontal rungs near the lower ends of said front legs connecting said front legs with the back of the chair, a pair of back legs supported by said rungs at points in front of the back of the chair, and a seat frame supported by said front and back legs, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A chair having a pair of front legs, a pair of horizontal rungs near the lower ends of said front legs connecting said front legs with the back of the chair, a pair of back legs supported by said rungs at points in front of the back of the chair, a seat frame sup ported by said front and back legs and a central brace connecting the back of the seat frame with the back of the chair, substantially as described.

In a chair, the main seat frame 2, whose rear edge is spaced in front of the back 3, of the chair, a pair of front legs 5 supporting the front of the said seat frame, a pair of legs 6 supporting the rear edge of the seat frame and a pair of rungs 7 supporting the said legs 6, substantially as described.

l. in a chair, a back which rests upon the floor, a pair of front legs which rest upon the floor, a pair of horizontal rungs which connect the said front legs with the said back near the lower ends thereof, a pair of shorter back legs fastened to said rungs at points in front of said back, and a seat frame spaced in front of the said back and supported by the said front and back legs, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JAMES E. BAKER.

Witnesses H. A. Wnsr, IsIDoRn .E. BUGSTEEN. 

